rock

It’s everyone’s favourite time of the year: Spotify Wrapped Day! The day that reveals your listening habits of the year, your minutes and top genres, top artists and many more features that the streaming platform has to offer. Impact’s Natalie Howarth breaks down her 2023 Spotify Wrapped. ...

Naming themselves the “Backstreet Boys of the metal scene”, Finnish band Blind Channel are going from strength to strength this year, building up to their tenth anniversary of being together this autumn. Impact’s Tabitha Smith had the chance to chat with the band’s vocalists Niko Moilanen and Joel Hokka...

Music phenomenon Jake Bugg has come home to Nottingham to take Rock City by storm with his new album, "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning". Ten years after the release of his debut album, Jake Bugg’s latest performance displayed how he has managed to make such an imprint onto the British...

The Mysterines have produced an album that doesn’t hold anything back, providing fun but inconsistent alternative rock that is overall an absolute joy to listen to. Alex Tearle reviews…...

Headlining Rock City with support acts Courting and University of Nottingham’s very own graduates Blondes, Sports Team finally graced the stage for the postponed leg of their Deep Down Happy tour. Abi Kara-Fernandes shares her thoughts......

When you hear that a band are recording their album across three different countries, I think it’s natural to have your doubts and reservations. Surely it would be impossible to record an album without being in the same room, let alone the same country? However, The Wombats prove that...

As part of our ‘Impact’s Music Essentials’ series, Jake talks us through his top ten picks from the 2000s indie rock genre....